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Welcome to the POLITICS Wiki Page!

The POLITICS Wiki page was created in the context of the POLITICS Project, a digital storytelling project, funded by the Lifelong Learning Programme of the European Commission.

POLITICS project enables school students, VET trainees and adult learners to develop a better understanding of how modern society functions, develop skills in problem solving, communication and language learning and writing skills through the use of Web2.0 technologies and by focusing on improving active participation to Politics in countries across Europe.

What can you find on the POLITICS Wiki Page?

A Brief User Guide to introduce you to the Politics tools and resources and get you started.

A Digital Storytelling Tutorial that includes three multilingual Story Frameworks to get you started:Stories of Migrants, Politics in the University and Straight into Politics. Form teams with your friends online and take the challenge to make it your story!

A Web2.0 Tutorial with guidelines on using 8 social media tools to enrich your story.

A Copyright Tutorial to make sure sharing and remixing of resources respect copyright laws.

The Scenarios Tutorial will explain how you can help others learn about a topic of your interest by creating your own Educational Scenario.

A series of contests, Workshops and events.

The LAP Platform Handbook with guidelines on the use of the Learning about Politics (LAP) Platform

An online space for teachers and trainers, the Politics and Active Citizenship (PAC) CLUB.

Recent updates

Need a tour around the Politics tools & methodology? Take it with the Brief User Guide.
How to get started with Digital Storytelling? Find out with the new set of Digital Storytelling Posters: Straight into Politics, Politics in the University, Stories of Migrants
Download your copy of the new LAP Platform Handbook!
The new LAP Platform Brochure is now available! Click here to download it and find out what's in there for you.
Have you explored the new Learning about Politics (LAP) Platform? Let us know what you think by filling in this short Platform Evaluation Questionnaire
Check out the outcomes of the Spring School & Workshop on Collaborative Learning and Sharing about Politics: Digital Storytelling and Web 2.0 Tools to Enrich EU Citizenship and Activate Engagement and Dialogue, 10-16 April 2011, Chania, Crete, Greece, an event organized by AgroKnow and ISKME.

Share your opinion about POLITICS
We have prepared the Learning about Politics (LAP) Platform, a multilingual platform where you are invited to publish and share your ideas with a community of users interested, like you, to expand their political knowledge & become active citizens.

Check out its Welsh, Estonian, German, Greek, Slovenian and Italian versions.